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your point about the old grad is actually wrong.
they do not mind if you have done 3 years of residency, basically they like experience to come in ... so thats actually a plus point for em residency ... thats not true about other things though. yeah but if ur plan is to settle in the US only then if you have great mle scores, have some observerships under your belt in the US, and have about 10 research projects under your belt with a couple of publications, you should be good.